New South Wales Rugby League season 1910

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1910 New South Wales Rugby League season
Logo of the NSWRL
Teams	8
Premiers	Newtown (1st title)
Minor Premiers	Newtown (1st title)
Matches played	57
Points scored	1578  (average 27.684 per match)

The 1910 New South Wales Rugby League premiership was the third season of the rugby league competition based in Sydney. Eight teams from across Sydney contested during the season.

[edit] Teams

With the loss of Cumberland at the end of the 1908 season, the league remained with eight teams which proved to be rather preferable for the competition given that there were no byes. However, by the end of the 1909 season, interest for a local Newcastle competition as well as the difficulties of longer travel for the Newcastle side saw it pull out of the premiership. As a result, a team from Annandale joined the premiership to make the competition stay at eight teams.

• Annandale
• Balmain, formed on January 23, 1908 at Balmain Town Hall
• Eastern Suburbs, formed on January 24, 1908 at Paddington Town Hall
• Glebe, formed on January 9, 1908
• Newtown, formed on January 14, 1908
• North Sydney, formed on February 7, 1908
• South Sydney, formed on January 17, 1908 at Redfern Town Hall
• Western Suburbs

[edit] Ladder

The geographical locations of the teams that contested the 1910 premiership across Sydney.

Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
Newtown	14	11	1	2	262	92	+170	23
South Sydney	14	11	0	3	326	109	+217	22
Eastern Suburbs	14	9	2	3	248	116	+132	20
Balmain	14	8	0	6	153	190	-37	16
Glebe	14	6	0	8	175	194	-19	12
Annandale	14	5	1	8	145	200	-55	11
North Sydney	14	3	0	11	146	283	-137	6
Western Suburbs	14	1	0	13	115	386	-271	2

[edit] Final

Unlike the previous two seasons where a play-off system was used to decide the premier, there was only one game played in 1910. The top two teams, Newtown and South Sydney, played off in a memorable match in front of 15,000 people at the Sydney Showground on September 17, 1910. Leading 4-2 with reportedly only seconds to go, South Sydney seemed set to take out their third straight premiership. However, after Souths player Howard Hallett was forced to kick the ball clear from his own line, Newtown centre Albert Hawkes caught the ball on the full just metres away from halfway and the touch line. The rules at the time allowed Hawkes to claim a "fair mark" and Newtown to have a shot at goal. Newtown captain Charles Russell was successful in kicking the goal from a difficult position, allowing Newtown to tie the game and win the competition as they had been minor premiers.

[edit] References

• Rugby League Tables - Notes The World of Rugby League
• Rugby League Tables - Season 1910 The World of Rugby League
• Premiership History and Statistics RL1908
• 1910 - Stunning Goal Gives Newtown The Title RL1908
• Annandale RLFC RL1908
• Newcastle RLFC (1908/1909) RL1908